Healthcare Workforce Blog

What issues are impacting the cost and value of healthcare? How are healthcare innovation and reform driving change? AMN healthcare blog is dedicated to sharing the vision and ideas of top healthcare thought leaders across the United States, providing insight into what these leaders are doing to manage today’s most pressing healthcare trends and issues.

Healthcare is at the forefront of the news cycle these days, and with good reason! Dan White, President of Workforce Solutions at AMN Healthcare was recently featured on HR Latte and shared his firsthand experiences with the biggest growth area in healthcare – its people.

For unit managers at hospitals and other healthcare facilities, staff planning and scheduling can be an unrelenting headache. They have much more pressing issues, namely patient care, but staff planning seems to take up most of their time. In fact, nurse managers can spend up to 70% of their time on scheduling and staffing activities.